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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-13

WASHINGTON, April 12.-People who
write letters to the President of the
United States imagine that he sees and
reads them all. Yet If one would stop
and think for an instant he would reason
that such a thing would be an impossi-
bility--that is, If the President hoped to
attend to any other business Even the
Cabinet officers rarely see five out of
each hundred of letters sent them, while
the majority of the senators allow their
private secretaries or clerks to attend
entirely to their correspondence. In this
relation may be pardoned for telling a
story about well-known senator and
one of his constituents, who was great
letter writer. The constituent had been
in the habit of writing to the senator
for years on all sorts of subjects. The
letters had been religiously read and
answered by the senator's private secre-
tary. But it so happened that the seere-
tary fell i'll, and the senator looked over
the mail and answered letter from the
writing constituent A day or two after
ward the senator received a letter from
the constituent written in rather irate
vein, which gave him to understand that he
(the CONSTITUENCY wanted the senator to
answer his letters personally, and not
turn them over to clerk. 81 have been
writing to you too long and getting
answers from you too often not to know
your handwriting by this time,n he wrote
Perhaps 1t would be the same way with
the President if he answered all the let
tiers sent him. How the mail is handled
at the White House is most interesting
study, and a short description of the
methods may aid many~who want to
know how to reach the President him.
colf
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-13

sending the ballin to the bat, but freedom
of movement in throwing to bases which
etfeetually checked successful base-run-
ming This undue latitude in delivery
has been put stop to under the new
code of rules. In the first place, his
power to pitch swiftly has been reduced
by limiting him to the taking of but one
step in delivery, this having been done by
reducing the space of his position from
seven feet long to five feet six inches;
and also by requiring the pitcher to stand
with both feet on the ground when pre-
pairing to deliver the ball to the bat, and
to keep one foot standing on the back
line of his position until the ball leaves his
hand (this new position is shown in the
accompanying. cut, and while so standing
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-13
His Hatred for womanisind Accounted For.

Omaha Widow; Il should greatly like to
meet your wife, Mr.. de Sweet
Mr.. de Sweet: II have no wife,
Il can sympathize with you. You, too,
have lost"
II never was married.
"oh! You are engaged, though, pre-
sumo and"
Il have never been engaged, madam.
"Ahl ! begin to understand Some sad
romance of the past has left its mark upon
your heart so deep that"
mo, no. | have never been in love. I
would not tie myself down to a woman If
she were sent down from Heaven to me"
Mercy A woman haterl Oil what
could have SO perverted your nature? What
has happened to-"
II am dry goods clerk. 2 - Omaha World.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-13
A BULL MOVEMENT IN:pICKLEs.
ys's4aS4
Worth a Cent Apiece by the Barrel, which
They Never We're before.


They Never We're Before.
The price Of pickles, I" as picked cucum-
bers are known to the trade, has been boom
ing steadily since last fall, and has now
reached height never known before. The
last jump occurred few days ago, and it
was 80 per cent.
"The reason of this said New York
dealer in pickles yesterday sis because of
poor cucumber crop last year and because
the New York market Is being robbed to
supply Western dealers The price has adj
vanced over 100 per cent. since last fall and
i hasn't got through increasing yet. Pickles
that We're selling for 80 so and 81 barrel
few months ago are now bringing So and 80.
Medium size cucumber pickles are worth
about cent apiece by the barrel. SO certain
are many of the big packers that there will
be no decrease in the price that many of
them are guaranteeing purchasers that the
price will stick at the high notch it has
reached: There cannot be any decrease until
the middle of September, because if pickles
are taken out of the brine before that time
they will not be properly cured and will be
likely to spoil This Is the first time in three
years that the price has been more than Just
the cost of putting them in market. Many
large houses have made big fortunes by the
scarcity When pickles go up every other
kind of picked stuff goes up with them, and
man may only have half dozen pickles in
a jar of what is known as mixed pickles,
but this is sufficient excuse for big in
crease in the price,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-13

A Bucks-county farmer who sent 80 to
Philadelphia address in answer to an adver-
tisement Of the finest feed cutter in America
received in return ~ set of false teeth,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-13
THE HYAcINTH TRADE.
A Dutch Flower Metropolis Islanded by
Seas of Blooms.

Seas of blooms.
In April and May Holland is garden of
hyacinths, especially in the vicinity of Haar-
lem, the metropolis of the trade in byacinth
bulbs III If w shnrhs are in spring pegfeS$s3
delicately scented flowers Whole fields OF
hyaeinths and auriculas, and tulips and car
nations, in the most bewildering variety of
colors, impart an understandable gayety to the
southern and western sides of the town. The
hyacinth has been cultivated for at least 300
years. In the middle of last century the
famous Dutch growers of this bloom offered
for sale fifty straightforward and nearly one
hundred double-fiowered varieties One OF
them, known as La Refine DIES Femmes, y
q single white, is said to have produced from
thirty-four to thirty-eight flowers ON spike,
and on its first appearance to have sold for
more than $40 a bulb; while the Con
queror," double blue, brought fully double
that price; the "Gloria Mundi between
800 and $50, and the King Solomon" an
even higher price. The original of all these
plants is an insignificant Oriental form, bear
ing on q single spike only q few narrow
lobed, blue flowers. The improvements in
it are all due to the skill of the gardener. The
result is that il is by no means uncommon
to see spikes Of hyacinths six or seven inches
long, and thickly set with blooms which
measure in circumference from seven to nine
inches. The English nurserymen have, no
doubt, done much to bring this plant to per-
lection. But the Dutch growers still main
tain their traditional eminence as the cham
pion hyacinth-rearers Of the world There
is something in the soil of Holland, some
thing. also in its humid atmosphere, con-
genial to these plants, and great deal in the
patient unexcitable character of its excellent
people which peculiarly suits them for the
placid labor Of growing bulbs.
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Mrs. Mary Green, of Paducah, KY, says
that she is 1O5 years old, She is a colored
woman, very thin, very active, and very in
telligent. She 10 cutting her third set Of
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-13

Heppdilhisdle ncv on the same ticket VIII, - s,,e
coin, will be seventy-nine next August, but
he is seen in the streets of Bangor on the
coolest days of winter in his clawhammer
coat, without the unnecessary adjunct of an
overcoat. He walks mile ct stretch with
the alaerity of boy, just for ''constitri-
tional." He knows everybody and every
body knows him. His chief relaxation is in
fishing. He employs the old-fashioned an
gle worm for bait, and discards all the new
tangled appliances for capturing the finny
tribe. Heis exceedingly gay in the ballroom.
AT the legislative reunion last winter he
participated in every dance and then went
home in the morning with the prettiest girl
on the floor.
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WHITE HOUSE MAILS.
HOW THE PRESIDENT RECEIVES
HIS LETTERS.

Three Batches of Mail Matter DaiIy-A
System of Asserting and Culling That
Relieves the President of Bother-The
Varied Contents of the EpistoIary Deluge.
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he must make no feint to throw the ball
to base to put runner out. If he at
tempts to throw, he must throw the ball to
the base or he commits balk He is also
required to stand facing the batsman (see
the accompanying CUT, and when ready
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II is said that the Emperor of Russia,
whose fory-third birthday was recently cell
ebrated, is about to join the ranks of royal
and imperial authors. He has revised his
diaries for the past ten or fifteen years. and
has intrusted NJ. Itchy, tho Hungarian
painter, with the task of illustrating them.
The work will be published at St. Petersburg
in the autumn. The reigning sovereigns
who already possess more or less claim TO
literary distinction are Queen Victoria,
King Oscar of Sweden, King Louis of Portu-
gal, the Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil, tho
Shah of Persia, Prince Nicholas of Monte
negro, and Prince Charles Of Monaco.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-13

John Russell Young it is said, now that
he has recovered his health, has concluded
arrangements for his history of the civil life
of General Grant. 1t is understood that the
Grant family is very anxious to have Mr..
Young accomplish this task.
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During the Countde Lesseps' recent visit to
Berlin, Bismarck, in conversation with him,
got off this interesting bit of cynic philoso-
ply: Popularity is almost as awkward as
antipathy. This pavement of Berlin, which
formerly could not tread without the people
| met splitting as l passed to show their
disgust for me, is now SO crowded with
friends when / set foot out of doors that am
reduced to showing myself as little as pos
sible. The day may come when there will
again be splitting on my path. We are all
exposed to this"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-13

Over Three Million Dollars Spent in Pro-
fessional balI-Development of the
National Field Sports From schooi-Boy
PastIme What the New Rules WIN Do.
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Nine. Christine Nilsson was among the
victims who were overtaken by the earth
quakes in the Riviera. When the great sur
prise came she was shaken out of her bed.
She wrapped blanket around her--a pre-
caution that many persons did not take
and crawled down the stairs of the hotel ON
allfours. The vestibule was already crowded,
and Nine. Nilsson had hardly reached it
when she was knocked over by man who
came rolling down the stairs behind her.
She passed some terrible hours at Mentone,
but at length got away after great difficulty
by inducing cabman to drive her to Nice
for 800.
Herr Windthorst the leader of Prince Bis
marcks foes in the German Reichstag is q
little man, with eyes like frog and very
large mouth. 1t is said-by the opponents of
DR.. Windthorst-that he is hostile to the
chancellor on personal as well as political
grounds, because in 1866, by the annexation
of Hanover, he was deprived of an important
post with good salary. However that may
be- he compares favorably in some respects
with the prince. He is as refined and pol
ished in manners as Bismarck is overbearing.
Bismarck drinks beer; Windthorst cham
payne. The former Is Protestant; the
latter is an ardent Roman Catholic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-26
PETER FYNERTY,S LUCK.
Once . Steamboat Rouss. bout, He Discov.
cred . Silver Mine -, Became Rich.

Once . Steamboat Rous,.bout, He Diseov.
cred . silver Mine -, Became Rich.
ST.. LOUIS, June 25.-In the Convent OF the
Sacred Heart. in this city. are two daughters Of
Peter Finerty. who died In Waukesha. Wis. on
Tuesday last, and they will inherit his wealth.
II the lawyers leave any OF 1t after getting
through with the case. Finerty was strug-
Cling farmer. with a family to support and a
heavily mortgaged farm. Becoming discour-
aged at his'prospects. he abandoned his farm.
aud for nearly year was deck hand and
roustabout. Then he went West, leaving his
family In Keokuk. He was a teamster about
Leadville in 1s74-5, when he discovered the
famous Little Chief mine. which, after being
partly developed, was sold for 100000.
back to Iows, where his wife had secured di:
wore from him and married again. He found
his two widowed sisters, and after :TTaying
them and their families In new clothes and fine
jewelry he paid of the mortgage on their little
farms and put a considerable sum In bank for
each of the sisters Then lawyers employed
by, his former wife undertook to get some
After considerable trouble he finally c0mpro-
missed and got his children. Placing them In q
school AZ Davenport, he went West again and
went into mine speculation quite heavily; he
became we'll known as mining operator.
He recently started from Denver to New
Yord to sell the New York" mine, but ne was
told by physicians that he could not live long
He went to Waukesha Immediately, where he
died. His daughters some time ago were re-
moved from the Davenport academy to the
Sacred Heart Convent In this city.
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TOBACCO ABLAZE.
An Imne.se Quantity Of the Weed Destroyed
In . Loulsvilie Fire.

An Im.ense Quantity Of the Weed Destroyed
In . Loulsviiie Fire.
LOUISVILLE, June 25.-The most destruc-
tive fire that has occurred here In years hap
pened in the tobacco quarter early this morn
ing. The square between Main and Market
and Ninth and Tenth streets was burned. and
two acres OF buildings. with their contents.
were lost. The alarm box was defective. and
as q result the flames were almost beyond
control when the engines arrived The fire Is
thought to have been Of incendiary origin. 1t
began in the middle Of the block, at the rear
end Of the Boone warehouse. The Banner to-
bacco warehouse and the Sawyer, Wallace Il
Co. warehouse soon caught fire. These three
warehouses occupy nearly the whole square,
and all were closely packed with hogsheads of
tobacco. All that could be done was to save
the adjacent residences and business blockA
Sawyer. Wallace & Co. lost 2,400 hogsheads OF
tobacco worth $l25.000. The Boone Warehouse
contained 500 hogsheads OF tobacco. worth
$4,000. The Banner Warehouse contained
500 hogsheads Of tobacco. valued at $4,000
All this property is lost. The loss on the build
Il is thought the litigation that will DO
brought about by the fire will be. something
astounding. Lorillard 4 Co. and Liggett K
Meyer, Of New York and st. Louis. as well as
others. bought a large lot OF tobacco in this
market yesterday. and II Is said that they will
assert that the sale was not contaminated,
basing their claim upon some technicality.
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FRAUDULENT LAND kN1RrEa
$1,000 Acres Entered In the Isterest o
Tive Corporations In Wysnins.

$4,000 Acres Entered In the Interest sf
TIVE Corporations In Wysnins.
WARRINGTON, June Is. = Commissioner
Sparks to-day took preliminary steps to cancel
fifty-hve desert land entries in Wyoming Ter
ritory, aggregating about $4,000 ceres The
Commissioner. In his letter to the ReGiater and
receiver at Cheyennn. ssys that 'fnaa ufoof
in all OF these cases 10 substantially the Same,
and Is to the effect that by means OF bitches
already constructed an ample supply Of water
is at hand to properly irrigate the land: that
the claimants own the right to the water thus
secured and have never parted with their in
terest in the land thus reclaimed. and have
never agreed TO do So.
special agent OF tho General Land Office
upon investigation reports that all the ditch
ing that ever was done on the land was OF tho
most shadowy nature. and was not substRn-
TALLY useful. nor intended TO be so. Investi-
CATION showed that the entries were made in
the interest Of the Goshen Hole DitchinS Com:
pany or the Union Cattle Company, kindred
Of Wyoming. or. Of some OF the officers or
members thereof. OF the fifty five ,entrymen.
seven live In Wyoming, seven In New Jersey,
thirty in New York. and eleven in Massa-
Inspector Bowers won't to New York. New
Jersey. and Massachusetts,. and interviewed
dent, o: the ditching company. procured the
making OF antries These entrymen made the
entries, they said, merely ito oblige o friend,"'
and never considered that they actually had
any intcre In the lands, nor have they ever
had any Individual water rights.
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WIN the Iron Men strike

PITTSBURGH. June 25.-The probability OF q
strike In the iron mills throughout the country the
topic in mAnufacturinR circles to-day. Tho failure of
he Conference Committee to reach agreement yes
friday strengthens the belief that strike will begin
july l. 1t Is not thought that any concessions
will be made The iron workers assert that the scale
presented. without the extras" is their ulmatum,
while the masters insist upon the compromise propo
sition made yesterday. A prominent manufacturer
said to-day ut has been shown that any ADVANCE
to be given should DO TO the puddiers and should b
taken from hnshers The latter making high
as sa2 and saa per day Finares can be produced %
small universal mill at CarneGies mill made average
day for the 2sI days that they worked last year
And yet this year they ask for nftynve per cent ad
vance In wages asserting that they were paid last year
below the scale OF tho Amalgamated ASSOCIATION Tha
puddlers the other hand averaged about 81 10 per
day The latter make good wages but In no proportion
TO those OF the nnishers."
Tho conference Monday afternoon Is anxiousy
awaited as the result will determine whether there
will be a general strike OF the iron workers.
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rRE,PAss1ye ELEVATED Roads
They Must Pay for the Damage they DO to
Abuttinx Owners or Quit.

Abuttinx Owners or Quit.
Judge Ingraham has granted injunctions
In three cases. restraining the east side ele-
waited railways from operating their roads in
front Of certain properties on Third and Sec-
ond avenues. The practical result is that the
roads will continue to be operated. but that
damages must be paid to the plaintiffs or their
damaged property taken of their hands. II
the judgment Is affirmed on appeal The
first suit was that of the Third Avenue Rail-
way Company against the New York Elevated.
The Injunction restraints the Elevated Rail
way from operating In front OF the plain
tf1's. stable property at Sfxty.hHh street,
and ssys that the plaintiff Is entitled to only
nominal damages. Regarding the old car
stable south OF Thirty-fourth street. the Court
finds that the plaintiffs could get $1,000 a
year more rent for It il the elevated road and
was begun before the construction OF the ele-
waited railway. and no supplemental complaint
has been made claiming damages.
Phe5e a; brown sue sued for damages to the
and Third avenue. In May. 1855. the rental
was s4.200. and the Court decides that it would
there. Judge lngraham says the defendant is
to judgment restraining the operation OF the
can be given for damages Because they are not
demanded but leave may be obtained to file
an amended complaint.
A similar injunction is granted in the case Of
Morris yacoby agt the Observation-Disclosures Com
pany. Plaintiff owned property ffty-one feet
north Of the northeast corner Of Second avenue
and EiShtieth street. Judge Ingraham orders
that the plaintiff receive 5000 annually and in
forest from February 1882 II within sixty
days the defendant buys the property for 900
the Injunction will be vacated.
TIE decisions are interpreted to mean that
the elevated railroads must satisfy the reasva-
6emAnd8 DrOnprtY
Tor actual damages, or purchase the property.
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4 xEwBUReH DRUxxxR MISSING.
Lest while On his Way " Connecticut t.
Testify Asainss . Bobber.

Lest while On his Way " Connecticut to
Testify Asainss . Bobser.
NEwBURaH, June 25.-Jsmes A. Ostrander,
travelling salesman Of tho Jacobs Baking
Powder Company Of Newburgh, has disap-
peared, and foul play u suspected. On the
10Th his business took him to Waterbury.
Conn. That night, while returning to his ho-
tel, no was set upon by three men. who beat
him terribly and robbed him Of $50 in cash and
q Jacobs Company check for t9A The check
was afterward found in thu street. near the
scene OF the robbery. Mr.. Ostrandsr came
home, and In the mean time one Dun
ply was run down and arrested for the
assault and robbery. A telegram was
sent to the authorities ct Waterbury
requesting them to hold Dpnphy until Ostran-
der could appear and he steyted for there on
last sTs e NV b YSk sy taS
he had been constantly doGged By two men,
End It is believed that they ws friends SO, Of The
peSee has been nS hs
It has been bis habit when sway to write to his
wife and to his employers, but not Line has
6esH rscsiysd from him. Casi o. soss
clear against Dunphy. but the non. appearance
Of Ostrander necessitated his discharge. It is
feared that the friends Of tho Connecticut rob-
IS
toned. and has q brown mouatache. The beat;
ing he received may have unbalanced his mind
and led TO his wandering away; but the most
ance is that he has been foully dealt with. He
left the boat at the foot Of Fraaklin street. New
York, on Monday morning. and that is the last
six children at home broodina over his strange
disappearance.
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JOHN sHERMAws LITTLE GAME
A Scheme to Have the Cato DeieGatiss
Pledged to hin for President

COLUMBUS, June 25.-The secret OF John
Sherman's recent trip to eastern Ohio, and his
patronizing men In the Republican party whom
he at heart detests. has just leaked out For
some time there has been q strong Blaine feei-
ing In that part Of Ohio. and Sherman concluded
to 20 down there. He had hoard that Con,
gresham Mckinley had been selected rs tenn
porary Chairman Of the Republican State Con-
yention with q good prospect of being medc
the permanent Chairman, and he fastened TO
court and patronize Mckinley: for be " known
that Judge William Lawrence of Bellefontafne
~ going to introduce highly euloRistfc reeo-
luton for John Sherman. It will recount the
great labors OF the Mansfield statesman In
Congress for the past twenty five. years, and
his devotion and love for the Grand Old Party,
and will end BY pledging TINT the Ohio delega-
ton will cast It's vote for John Sherman for
President in tho next Republican National
Convention. The Senator wants Mckinley to
entertain this resolution without Its having to
be referred to the committed, lot the question
be put and declared carried ut once BY the
The scheme looks we'll on paper, but when II
comes to be tried there will DO q row. Blaine's
friends in Ohio, and they are many. arc deter
mined that this resolution shall not pass,
and there promises to be q bitter light, which
will not end short Of the polls In November
The Democratic skies arc growing brighter
every day. and II the party istrpe 70 itself and
puts clean, strong ticket In the field victory
will perch upon its banners.